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Diagnostic Radiology Faculty

Richard Bronen

Vice Chair of Clinical Research & Education

Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and of Neurosurgery
Vice Chair, Academic Affairs

Research Interests:Imaging of epilepsy, cortical dysplasias, temporal lobe anatomy, and anatomic variants

Clinical Interests:Neuroradiology, specifically imaging of brain, spine, ears, nose, and throat; Image guided procedures involving the head and neck and spine (eg, lumbar punctures, myelography, and biopsies); Areas of special focus include imaging of epilepsy, malformations of cortical development, and temporal bone.

James Duncan

Vice Chair of Bioimaging Science & Research

Ebenezer K. Hunt Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and Professor of Biomedical Engineering and of Electrical Engineering
Director of Undergraduate Studies in Biomedical Engineering
Vice Chair, Bioimaging Sciences in the Department of Diagnostic Radiology

Research Interests:Computer vision; Image processing and medical imaging, with an emphasis on biomedical image analysis

James Abrahams

Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and of Surgery (Otolaryngology)
Director, Medical Studies in Diagnostic Radiology, Director, Neuroradiology Fellowship
Chief, ENT Radiology

Research Interests:Oral Cavity; Head & Neck

Clinical Interests:Neuroradiology; Head and Neck Radiology; Oral Cavity; Teaching

Liva Andrejeva-Wright

Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology
Assistant Director of the Diagnostic Radiology Residency Program

Research Interests:Breast MRI

Clinical Interests:Breast Imaging; Emergency Radiology

Melih Arici

Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology

Research Interests:Carotid artery stenosis; Thrombolytic spects and applications

Clinical Interests:Venous insufficiency and management; Diagnostic venous blood sampling; Applications of selective internal radiation therapy

John Aruny

Associate Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and of Surgery (Vascular)
Co-section Chief, Vascular and Interventional Radiology

Clinical Interests:Adrenal Vein sampling; Aorta; Aortic Aneurysm; Aneurysms; Angiography; arm swelling; arterial thrombolysis; Claudication; CryoPlasty; diagnostic imaging/testing; claudication; Diabetic vascular disease; dialysis access procedures; laser surgery (varicose veins); Hemodialysis Access; Leg Pain; Leg swelling; Limb Salvage; needle biopsies-lung; Nephrostomy Tubes; Parathyroid Localization; Renal artery stenosis; venous access ports; Stents; Stent grafts; Tibial Artery Angioplasty; Vascular Stents; varicose vein; closure; varicose veins; vascular and interventional procedure; vascular access grafts - dialysis; vascular malformations; venous access; venous sampling; venous thrombolysis

Raj Ayyagari

Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology

Research Interests:Varicocele Embolization, Transvesicular Drainages, Prostate Artery Embolization

Clinical Interests:Interventional Oncology including Hepatic Chemoembolization, Hepatic Radioembolization, and Percutaneous Tumor Ablation; Varicocele Embolization; Prostate Artery Embolization for BPH; Spinal Augmentation Procedures including Kyphoplasty and Vertebroplasty; Biliary Interventions; Uterine Fibroid Embolization; Thoracic Duct Embolization.

Kenneth Baker

Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology
Pediatric Radiology Fellowship Director

Research Interests:Pediatric body and musculoskeletal imaging

Clinical Interests:Pediatric body and musculoskeletal imaging

Douglas Befroy

Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology and in Medicine (Endocrinology)

Research Interests:Development of novel Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy (MRS) techniques

S.A. Jamal Bokhari

Associate Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and of Surgery (Trauma)
Director of Diagnostic Radiology Residency Program
Chief, Emergency Radiology

Research Interests:trauma imaging; Computed Tomography (CT) scanners ; CT-Angiography

Clinical Interests:Trauma; neuroradiology; ultrasound

Morton Burrell

Professor of Diagnostic Radiology
Chief, Gastrointestinal Radiology

Clinical Interests:Abdominal imaging; biliary/panceatic disease; diagnostic imaging/testing; enteroclysis; fluoroscopy of the gastrointestinal tract; gastrointestinal radiology; genitourinary radiology

Reni Butler

Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology

Richard Carson

Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and of Biomedical Engineering
Director, Yale PET Center
Director of Graduate Studies, Biomedical Engineering

Research Interests:Positron emission tomography (PET) modeling and physics; Tracer kinetic modeling methods and parametric imaging techniques for PET tracers; Application of receptors ligands to assess neurotransmitter dynamic; 3D and 4D PET image reconstruction; Medical imaging

Paul Cedeno

Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology
Neuroradiology, Certificate of Added Qualification
Clinician of Diagnostic Radiology

Clinical Interests:Neuroradiolgy, Emergency Radiology, Spine Intervention

Marie Charlevois

Sudhakar Chelikani

Associate Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology

Research Interests:Tracking organ overlap

Ming-Kai Chen

Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology

Research Interests:Improving PET/CT imaging acquisition and quantification; Validation of new clinical radiotracer; Radiation exposure assessment; Internal dosimetry; Radioiodine treatment for thyroid disease. Molecular imaging in neuroscience and neurotoxicology, small animal imaging, receptor binding assay and autoradiography.

Clinical Interests:PET/CT oncology and neurology; general nuclear medicine studies, including bone scan, gallium, leukocyte, MIBG, octreotide, liver-spleen, renal scan, brain perfusion, lung ventilation and perfusion scan, GI bleeding scan, HIDA scan, thyroid disease; radioisotope targetting therapies, including radioiodine for thyroid cancer and hyperthyroidism, zevalin, samarium; internal dosimetry.

David Cheng

Associate Professor of Diagnostic Radiology
Chief, Nuclear Medicine
Director, Nuclear Medicine Fellowship Program
Co-Medical Director, Yale University PET Center

Research Interests:Molecular imaging

Clinical Interests:Positron Emission Tomography (PET) imaging (including oncology and benign conditions); general nuclear medicine studies, including bone, gallium, leukocyte, Meta-Iodo-Benzyl-Guanidine (MIBG), octreotide, liver-spleen, renal, brain perfusion, lung ventilation and perfusion, GI bleed, Hydroxy Iminodiacetic Acid (HIDA), thyroid disease and cancer diagnostic studies; radioisotope therapies, including radioiodine for thyroid cancer, zevalin, samarium and octreotide

Michael Choma

Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology, of Biomedical Engineering and of Pediatrics

Research Interests:Optics; Optical Coherence Tomography; Microscopy; Random Lasers; Pediatrics; Heart Development; Cilia; Respiratory Disease

Christine Colton

R. Todd Constable

Professor of Diagnostic Radiology, of Biomedical Engineering and of Neurosurgery

Research Interests:Development of MRI techniques to provide functional information; Quantitative information and high quality pictures of anatomy; Application of new methods to answer fundamental questions in basic science and medicine

Daniel Cornfeld

Associate Professor of Diagnostic Radiology

Research Interests:Ultrasound Service

Clinical Interests:Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)/Computed Tomography (CT); abdominal and pelvic MRI; emergency room radiology

Anne Curtis

Professor of Diagnostic Radiology
Co-chief, Thoracic Radiology

Research Interests:Evaluation of practice patterns; Communication between radiologists and referring physicians

Clinical Interests:Imaging of the lungs and thorax; needle biopsies of the lung; benign and malignant diseases of the lung, particularly tuberculosis and HIV infection; neoplastic diseases; occupational lung disease; lung cancer; certified B reader for National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

Cicero de Amorim e Silva

Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology

Research Interests:Neonatal imaging; hi-resolution ultrasound applications; pediatric oncology

Clinical Interests:Neonatal imaging hi-resolution ultrasound applications; pediatric oncology

Henk De Feyter

Associate Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology

Research Interests:In vivo 13C MRS, Brain metabolism, tumor metabolism

Robin de Graaf

Associate Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and of Biomedical Engineering

Research Interests:Cerebral energy metabolism

Francesco D'Errico

Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology

Research Interests:Superheated emulsions

Mehdi Djekidel

Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology
Assistant Fellowship Director of Nuclear Medicine

Research Interests:Imaging Biomarkers; Radioproteomics; Radiogenomics; Quantitation

Clinical Interests:Providing excellence in patient care in the nuclear medicine therapeutic and diagnostic arenas; establishing optimal protocols and strategies for molecular diagnostic and therapeutic (cold and hot=radionuclide or radio-labeled antibodies) techniques that may improve long term survival, progression free survival, and impact recurrence rates, especially but not exclusively in thyroid cancers, lymphomas and samarium bone therapies; advancing imaging techniques and improving the sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of nuclear medicine studies; incorporating original radiotracers and novel Positron Emission Tomography - Computed Tomography (PET-CT) and Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography - Computed Tomography (SPECT-CT) techniques into the clinic; radioactive iodine 131 treatment for thyroid cancer and hyperthyroidism; Zevalin and Bexxar treatment for lymphomas; samarium bone palliation therapy

Indukala Doddamane

Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology
Director, Nuclear Medicine Residency

Research Interests:Clinical applications of positron imaging and single photon imaging in oncology and non-oncology areas; radio-targeted therapy

Clinical Interests:Various diagnostic and therapeutic applications of single photon imaging and positron imaging including radio-targeted immunotherapy, radiotherapy for benign and malignant thyroid diseases, bone pain palliation using radiopharmaceuticals

Melissa Durand

Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology

Clinical Interests:breast cancer; diagnostic mammography; ultrasound; MRI; interventional procedures including pre-operative needle localization, stereotactic US, and MR core biopsy.

Lauren Ehrlich

Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology
Assistant Professor

Clinical Interests:Pediatric ultrasound; pediatric uroradiology; pediatric oncology; pediatric fluoroscopy; pediatric and fetal MRI; pediatric CT and pediatric trauma.

Howard Forman

Professor of Diagnostic Radiology, of Economics, of Management and of Public Health (Health Policy)
Director of MD/MBA Program at Yale
Director of MBA for Executives: Leadership in Healthcare
Director, Health Care Management Program

Research Interests:Healthcare policy; Health economics; Medicare and medicaid finance; Radiation risks and consent practices; MQSA; Women in radiology; Workforce in radiology; Undergraduate and graduate education

Clinical Interests:Computed tomography (CT); Abdominal imaging; Genito-urinary imaging; Trauma and emergency imaging

Robert Fulbright

Associate Professor of Diagnostic Radiology
Medical Director, Magnetic Resonance Research Center
Senior Scientist, Haskins Laboratories, New Haven, CT

Research Interests:Neuroradiology; image processing; MR spectroscopy; diffusion tensor MR imaging; perfusion MR imaging; functional MR imaging; brain tumors; reading and reading disability

Clinical Interests:Neuroradiology; image processing; diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI); perfusion MRI; magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Andreia Gafton

Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology
Clinician of Diagnostic Radiology

Helmuth Gahbauer

Assistant Clinical Professor of Diagnostic Radiology

Jean-Dominique Gallezot

Associate Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology

Jaime Geisel

Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology

Research Interests:Breast Imaging

Clinical Interests:Breast Imaging; Emergency Radiology

Rob Goodman

Associate Professor of Diagnostic Radiology
Interim Chairman
Chief, Pediatric Imaging

Research Interests:Pediatric uroradiological investigations; Non accidental injury; Pediatric medical imaging dose reduction

Clinical Interests:Pediatric ultrasound of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract; pediatric uroradiology; oncology; fluoroscopy, cross sectional imaging

Gowthaman Gunabushanam

Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology
Interventional Radiologist, West Haven VA Medical Center

Research Interests:Vascular ultrasound; Radiofrequency ablation and chemoembolization of liver tumors; Venous access in oncology patients

Andrew Haims

Associate Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation
Co-Director of MSK Imaging, Director Musculoskeletal Radiology Fellowship
Associate Director of Medical Student Education

Research Interests:High resolution imaging of small joints such as the ankle, elbow and wrist CT imaging of orthopedic trauma; Strong interest medical student education

Clinical Interests:Musculoskeletal radiology, with special interests in orthopaedic trauma, sports-related injuries, orthopaedic oncology

Michelle Hampson

Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology

Research Interests:Resting state functional connectivity; Neurofeedback; Real-time fMRI

Katharine Henderson

Co-Director and Genetic Counselor of the Yale HHT Center

Peter Herman

Associate Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology

Research Interests:fMRI; BOLD; local field potentials; multi unit activity; Laser-Doppler; optical imaging; laser speckle

Regina Hooley

Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology

Research Interests:Mammography; Breast cancer screening; Breast mri; Breast ultrasound and elastography

Clinical Interests:All aspects of breast imaging (including breast MR, digital mammography and breast ultrasound); general ultrasound; women's imaging

Laura Horvath

Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology

Clinical Interests:All aspects of Breast Imaging: Mammography, Ultrasound, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI).

Yiyun Huang

Associate Professor of Diagnostic Radiology
Co-Director of Yale PET Center & Director of Chemistry

Research Interests:PET Radiochemistry, PET Radiotracer Development, Preclinical PET Imaging, Clinical PET Imaging, Application of PET Imaging in Drug Development

D. S. Fahmeed Hyder

Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and of Biomedical Engineering
Technical Director, Magnetic Resonance Research Center (mrrc.yale.edu)
Program Director, Core Center for Quantitative Neuroscience with Magnetic Resonance (qnmr.yale.edu)

Gary Israel

Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and of Surgery (Urology)
Chief, Body Computed Tomography (CT)

Research Interests:GU radiology; imaging of renal masses

Clinical Interests:Computed Tomography (CT); Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) of the abdomen and pelvis; cancer

Lihong Jiang

Associate Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology

Kevin Johnson

Associate Professor of Diagnostic Radiology
Chief of Diagnostic Imaging, Yale HEALTH

Research Interests:Noninvasive coronary imaging; computed tomography; cardiovascular risk factors

Clinical Interests:General radiology; cardiac imaging

Michele Johnson

Associate Professor of Diagnostic Radiology, of Neurosurgery and of Surgery (Otolaryngology)
Director of Interventional Neuroradiology

Clinical Interests:Vascular lesions of the brain; arterio-venous malformations (AVM); aneurysms; interventional procedures of the brain; spine, head and neck (angiography, arteriography); vertebroplasty for compression fractures

Christoph Juchem

Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and of Neurology

Lee Katz

Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation
Co-Director of Musculoskeletal Imaging

Research Interests:Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) arthrography; sports injuries

Clinical Interests:Musculoskeletal Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI); Computed Tomography (CT); Sports Injuries; MRI and CT Arthrography and Orthopaedic Oncology

Risa Kent

Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology

Clinical Interests:Body Computed Tomography (CT); Ultrasound (US); Musculoskeletal Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

E. Kier

Professor of Diagnostic Radiology

Research Interests:Correlative investigation of anatomy

Clinical Interests:Neuroradiology

Jonathan Kirsch

Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology
Deputy Chief, Ultrasound

Clinical Interests:Body imaging; ultrasound; Computed Tomography (CT); Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI); emergency radiology

David Labaree

Associate Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology

Keunpoong Lim

Associate Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology

Shu-Fei Lin

Associate Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology
Postdoc Assoc PET Center

Andrew Lischuk

Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology

Research Interests:musculoskeletal imaging; MRI

Clinical Interests:musculoskeletal trauma; sport medicine; small joint imaging

Chi Liu

Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and of Biomedical Engineering

Research Interests:Quantitative PET/CT and SPECT/CT for cardiology and oncology applications, including image reconstruction algorithms, quantitative data correction, respiratory and cardiac motion compensation, dynamic imaging, and translational imaging.

Amit Mahajan

Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology

Clinical Interests:pediatric neuroradiology; head and neck imaging; spine imaging; seizure imaging; emergency imaging; functional imaging; neurodiagnostic and interventional angiography.

Ajay Malhotra

Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology

Clinical Interests:pediatric neuroradiology; head and neck imaging; spine imaging; seizure imaging; emergency imaging; functional imaging; neurodiagnostic and interventional angiography.

Graeme Mason

Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and of Psychiatry
Director Metabolic Modeling and Director Psychiatric MRS
Director, Neuroimaging Sciences Training Program
Chair, Magnetic Resonance Research Center Protocol Review Committee

Research Interests:Alcoholic Intoxication; Alcohol Induced Disorders; Alcoholism; Amino Acids; Brain Mapping; Carbohydrates; CNS Diseases; Cocaine-Related Disorders; Fatty Acids; Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action; Mood disorders; Physiological Effects of Drugs; Substance Withdrawal Syndrome; Tobacco Use Disorder

Shirley McCarthy

Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences

Research Interests:Women's imaging; CT; MRI

Clinical Interests:Computed Tomography (CT) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) with special interest in the female pelvis, cancer

Bruce McClennan

Professor Emeritus of Diagnostic Radiology
Professor Phased Retirement

Research Interests:contrast media, genitourinary tract imaging including body CT, health services research

Clinical Interests:Genito-urinary radiology; contrast media; Computed Tomography (CT); cancer

Robert Messina

Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology
Assistant Professor, Department of Diagnostic Radiology

Cindy Miller

Associate Professor of Diagnostic Radiology

Research Interests:Cranial sonography

Clinical Interests:Ultrasound, especially cranial sonography, skeletal imaging, including skeletal dysplasias; non-accidental trauma, oncologic imaging, imaging of neuromuscular diseases

Frank Minja

Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology

Clinical Interests:pediatric neuroradiology; head and neck imaging; spine imaging; seizure imaging; emergency imaging; functional imaging; neurodiagnostic and interventional angiography.

Hamid Mojibian

Associate Professor of Diagnostic Radiology
Director, Cardiac CT/MR Imaging

Research Interests:CT angiography of peripheral vascular disease; Dynamic vascular imaging; Clinical applications of phase contrast imaging; Hemodialysis access catheters

Clinical Interests:Adult and pediatric cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), coronary Computed Tomography (CT); CT and MR angiography, vascular and non-vascular interventions, uterine fibroid embolization

John Morgan

Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology
Assistant Professor of Neuroradiology and Emergency Radiology, Department of Diagnostic Radiology

Research Interests:Radiology, Neuroradiology, Body Imaging, Spine Procedures

Clinical Interests:general radiography; neuroradiology; body imaging; neuro-interventional and spine procedures, including pain management.

Evan Morris

Associate Professor of Diagnostic Radiology, of Biomedical Engineering and of Psychiatry
Co-director for Imaging, Yale PET Center

Research Interests:kinetic modeling; parameter estimation; parametric imaging; dopamine; reward; drug occupancy; drug abuse; alcoholism; Parkinson's disease

Nabeel Nabulsi

Associate Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology
Chief Quality Control and Regulatory Affairs

Research Interests:Positron Emission Tomography (PET) Radiopharmaceuticals

Mika Naganawa

Associate Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology

Michiro Negishi

Associate Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology

Research Interests:Eelectroencephalography, functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Electrical Impedance Tomography

Vladimir Neklesa

Associate Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology
Director, Information Technology in Diagnostic Radiology

Ali Niakosari

Assistant Clinical Professor of Diagnostic Radiology

J. Antonio Obando

Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology
Chief, Nuclear Medicine VA CT Healthcare System

Ifeyinwa Onyiuke

Assistant Clinical Professor of Diagnostic Radiology

Jay Pahade

Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology

Clinical Interests:GI and GU abdominal imaging; prevention of CIN; media/contrast induced nephropathy; improving patient-centered radiology; and GI and GU abdominal imaging including hepatic and pancreatic malignancies.

Jullie Pan

Associate Professor (Adjunct) of Neurosurgery and Associate Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and of Neurology

Research Interests:Metabolic physiology of brain; neurotransmission and brain function; development and implementation of imaging in humans at ultra-high field (7Tesla); metabolic pathophysiology of epilepsy; clinical epilepsy; epilepsy imaging; outcome studies

Clinical Interests:Epilepsy; Electroencephalogram (EEG)

Xenophon Papademetris

Associate Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Research Interests:Automated biomedical image analysis and measurement; interactive 3D visualization of medical images and structures

Tara Parthasarathi

Ashutosh Pathak

Assistant Clinical Professor of Diagnostic Radiology

Dana Peters

Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology

Research Interests:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; atrial fibrillation; radial imaging; late gadolinium enhancement; cardiac imaging.

Liane Philpotts

Professor of Diagnostic Radiology
Chief, Breast Imaging

Research Interests:Improvements in breast biopsy; patient management

Clinical Interests:All aspects of breast imaging, consultation, and intervention; expertise in breast biopsy: stereotactic, ultrasonographic, and MR-guided; ductography; cancer

Jeffrey Pollak

Robert I. White Jr. Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and Professor of Surgery (Vascular)
Co-section Chief, Vascular and Interventional Radiology
Director, Vascular and Interventional Radiology Fellowship Program

Research Interests:Outcome of embolotherapy for pulmonary arteriovenous malformations; Transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunts; Locoregional therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma; Outcome after uterine fibroid embolization

Clinical Interests:Interventional procedures, revascularization, angioplasty, stenting of arteries and veins, embolization (blocking vessels): uterine fibroid embolization, varicocele embolization and ovarian vein embolization (pelvic congestion syndrome), vascular malformation treatment, varicose vein treatment, inferior vena cava filter placement, minimally invasive cancer treatment, chemoembolization and local ablation, radiofrequency ablation, cryoablation, carotid disease, aneurysms, cancer; percutaneous drainage procedures: nephrostomy and biliary draiange

Von Potter

Clinical Research Associate

Maolin Qiu

Associate Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology

Research Interests:Understanding the neurophysiological basis of neuroimaging and neural mechanisms of general anesthesia; Developing high-sensitivity and high-specificity NMR methods in understanding general anesthesia

Madhavi Raghu

Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology

Research Interests:Breast Imaging

Clinical Interests:Breast imaging; Emergency Radiology; Ultrasound

Eric Reiner

Associate Professor of Diagnostic Radiology

Clinical Interests:Vascular, interventional radiology

Margarita Revzin

Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology

Jim Ropchan

Associate Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology

Douglas Rothman

Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and of Biomedical Engineering
Director Yale MR Research Center

Research Interests:Development of MR spectroscopy and MR imaging methods to image metabolic and neurotransmitter pathways in humans and in animal models

Ami Rubinowitz

Associate Professor of Diagnostic Radiology
Co-Chief, Thoracic Radiology

Clinical Interests:Thoracic imaging; chest radiology; Computed Tomography (CT); diseases of the aorta; pleural diseases; interstitial lung disease; lung cancer; bronchiectasis; diseases of the small and large airways; mediastinal masses

Smita Sampath

Assistant Professor (Adjunct) of Diagnostic Radiology and Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering

Research Interests:Novel magnetic resonance imaging; cardio-vascular medicine

Leslie Scoutt

Professor of Diagnostic Radiology and of Surgery (Vascular)
Chief, Ultrasound Service

Research Interests:GYN and first trimester US; dialysis graft US; carotid US; IV US contrast; Transplant complications imaged with US; prediction of thyroid cancer and location of Percutaneous Transluminal Angioplasty (PTA)'s by US imaging; correlation of vascular US with Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA) and Computer assisted tomography (CTA) and cardiac echo

Clinical Interests:Ultrasound; female pelvis ultrasound; vascular ultrasound; Peripheral Arterial Disease (PAD); Peripheral Venous Disease (PVD); cancer; tumors

Xilin Shen

Associate Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology

Myung Shin

Clinical Professor of Diagnostic Radiology

Clinical Interests:Thoracic radiology; interstitial lung disease; immunologic diseases; neoplastic diseases of the chest

Albert Sinusas

Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and of Diagnostic Radiology
Director, Translational Research Imaging Center
Director, Cardiovascular Imaging

Research Interests:Advanced cardiovascular and molecular imaging

Clinical Interests:Cardiovascular imaging; stress testing; ischemic heart disease

Lawrence Staib

Associate Professor of Diagnostic Radiology, of Biomedical Engineering and of Electrical Engineering

Research Interests:Automated biomedical image analysis and measurement; geometric and probabilistic deformable models for segmentation and nonrigid registration of biomedical images for measurement of structure and function with applications to neuroscience and cardiology; functional magnetic resonance image (fMRI) analysis; diffusion weighted magnetic resonance (DW-MR) image analysis

Gordon Sze

Professor of Diagnostic Radiology
Chief, Neuroradiology

Research Interests:Utility of new sequences in MR imaging

Clinical Interests:Neuroradiology; spinal cord imaging; Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) contrast media studies; MRI pulse sequences; brain and spinal cord cancer; head and neck cancer

Hemant Tagare

Professor of Diagnostic Radiology, of Biomedical Engineering and of Electrical Engineering

Research Interests:Heart motion analysis

Caroline Taylor

Associate Professor of Diagnostic Radiology
Chief, Diagnostic Imaging, VA Connecticut Health Care System

Research Interests:Virtual colonography

Clinical Interests:Diagnosis of acute abdominal pain; screening for hepatocellular carcinoma; management of lung carcinoma; oncologic Computed Tomography (CT) imaging; CT (virtual) colonography

Irena Tocino

Professor of Diagnostic Radiology

Research Interests:Continuous quality improvement; Practice standards; Meaningful utilization of imaging studies; Information technology and information management in Radiology

Clinical Interests:All aspects of breast imaging, consultation, and intervention; expertise in borderline breast lesions, ductal carcinoma in situ and issues related to screening programs; imaging of the lungs and thorax; benign and malignant diseases of the lung; intensive care radiology and trauma; stereotactic needle biopsy; lung cancer; breast cancer; continuous quality improvement; practice standards

Pradeep Varma

Assistant Professor of Diagnostic Radiology
Director, MR research

Svetlana Vassilieva

Clinical Research Associate in Diagnostic Radiology
Clinical Research Professional

Research Interests:Clinical trials involving the development of innovative approaches in variety of imaging modalities including mammography, Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance to address medical problems.

Clinical Interests:ENT imaging; Computed tomography, CT colonography, 3-D Tomosynthesis mammography

Frans Wackers

Professor Emeritus of Diagnostic Radiology

Research Interests:Computer Quantification; Heart Disease; Myocardial Perfusion; Radionuclide Imaging; Ventricular Function; Diabetes and heart disease

Clinical Interests:nuclear cardiology; stress testing; clinical cardiology; exercise testing

Jeffrey Weinreb

Professor of Diagnostic Radiology
Director, Medical Imaging
Chief, Body Imaging and Magnetic Resonance Imaging

Research Interests:Body Computed Tomography (CT) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI); Breast MRI;Liver disease; MR contrast agents

Clinical Interests:Body Computed Tomography (CT); and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI);prostate MRI; breast MRI; liver imaging; MR contrast agents

Robert White, Jr

Professor Emeritus of and Senior Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology

Research Interests:Embolotherapy technics; outcomes; interventional radiology practice

Clinical Interests:Vascular malformations, Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia (HHT), uterine fibroid embolization; varicocele, pelvic congestion syndrome. We follow 3000 patients with HHT and most of our clinical research at present concerns this enitity as well as varicocele, pelvic congeston and management of uterine fibroids.

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